Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 193 Adjustment

"Cut!" Michael Man, who was sitting on a chair, shook his head and stopped shooting, but the shot was still not good enough.

Angela relaxed and sighed, she knew that the performance just now was a bit too much, Al came over and patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, honey, don't worry, this kind of thing happens from time to time."

"Thank you, Al." The girl was a little listless. This was the first shot, and she had shot it 5 times, but she still couldn't enter the state for some reason.

"Rest for 15 minutes now." The assistant director's voice sounded, and Angela looked towards the camera. Old man Man was explaining something to the scene reporter beside him. After noticing her gaze, he turned around and smiled, and then set After explaining his affairs clearly, he walked up to the girl and said, "What's wrong, you don't have a good grasp of the role?"

"It's obvious, either the performance is too much, or it's not in place." Angela spread her hands angrily and raised her hands.

"I thought you would like this role," Michael Mann still smiled, "You know, I also tailor-made it for you-although I don't know you completely, but I think the character you have shown is very good. Suitable."

"I'd rather not have this tailor-made!" The girl muttered in a low voice.

"What?" The old man asked indistinctly.

"Oh, it's nothing, I mean..." Angela shrugged, and after thinking about it carefully, she made her own request: "If I remember correctly, there should be at least some shots without me, If possible, Mr. Director, can you shoot these shots first, let me stay alone, and have a good... think about it?"

Old man Man thought for a while, and agreed to her request: "Well, although there are not many precedents for this, I agree."

Then the crew started filming between Al and Diane in the studio.And Angela went to another room under the guidance of the staff. This is a room with a lot of props, which is fairly tidy. The most important thing is that the sound insulation facilities are good, allowing the girl to think quietly.

"Do you need anything else, Miss Angela?" the assistant who brought her asked at this time.

"Oh, no, it's fine here. If the shooting over there is over, please call me." Angela smiled.Then he looked at Sparrow, "Can you go out too, Jack? I need to be alone."

"Okay, I'm right outside. Call me if you need anything." Sparrow nodded, walked out with his assistant, and closed the door.

The girl exhaled deeply, moved her body, then found a random place to sit down and held her chin to recall the failed scenes just now.To be honest, from the looks alone, she fits the image of the character very well.Everyone applauded when he first came out of the field.Her short hair looks really handsome, and when she bites her lip and stares at others, she is a little bit wild and rebellious, very attractive.However, it is not necessarily possible to play this role well just based on the appearance that fits. The first scene NG five times is a good illustration of this point.

In fact, Angela knew exactly what was wrong with her, but she didn't know what to do!She has always used the substitution method to perform, which is called method school in academic terms.Al or Robert and earlier Marlon Brando used this method.The advantage of this kind of performance is that when you fully substitute yourself into the character and fully understand the sorrow and joy of the character, you can perform at 120%; the disadvantage, or the difficulty, is that you need to spend a lot of time. Take the time and energy to experiment with lives that might be similar to theirs to get a thorough understanding of how they feel.

In this regard, the girl originally has an advantage. She can find reference fragments in the movies she has participated in before, especially "The Sixth Sense"; the only exception is "The Piano Lesson", But Ms. Campion's script is delicately written and resonant.And that role is also very important, second only to the heroine, Angela spent a lot of time researching, so she played it well and won the best supporting actress.

But this character in "The Wire" is different, because the old man changed the character of the character, the performance of the original version of Natalie can only give her very little reference, and there are not many roles in the first place, so relatively , Angela did less homework.

But most importantly, it's the boyish rebellion of a character!It's bad, it's bad, Angela has always been subconsciously playing girl, and sometimes she has even fully admitted that she is a girl through and through, and the masculine side of her keeps her hidden, and now it's time to let her What the hell kind of idea is this, OhMyGod, to be girly and masculine at the same time?Even playing a boy in reverse is better than this!

"Hi, Vincent." Angela looked indifferently in the mirror and read the lines.Although she was full of dissatisfaction, the girl was still working hard. She knew that if she could pass this level, then her acting skills would definitely be able to reach another level.

No, using the words "Hi" seems kind.Thinking of this, the girl changed her posture, put her hands in her trouser pockets, tilted her head slightly and looked into the mirror: "Hey, Vincent, do you want to go to work?"

After thinking about it for a while, she shook her head again, this is a little too much, hell!It's really hard to handle, if this continues, I will go insane!Even Dustin Hoffman didn't have a female soul in his body when he was in "Tootsie"?

"Find it for me, Mom! I'm going to be late! I don't want to be late!"

"Leave me alone! Vincent! This is my business! I will deal with it, and I'm not your prisoner!"

Even though she was complaining repeatedly in her stomach, Angela still practiced in front of the mirror over and over again, and her stubborn temper or bachelor personality broke out again. This may be a good thing, but when the assistant came to call her, it became obvious to her The anxious look was taken aback.

"Are you all right, Miss Angela?" The other party asked worriedly.

"It's nothing, I'm fine." The girl shook her head. When she couldn't enter the state, she could only make up for it with a lot of practice. "Is that all I have left, today?" she asked.

"Yes, that's right." The assistant nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, let's go." Angela didn't want to say anything more, she had already grasped a little feeling just now, and she only hoped to keep it until the filming took place.

Everyone expressed a little surprise at Angela who returned to the set again.They could all see that the girl had undergone some inexplicable changes, and Michael Man was also slightly moved, but the old man didn't say much, but asked the assistant director to direct the staff to prepare for the shooting.

"Angie, how's it going?" Al, who walked to the middle of the venue, looked at the girl with concern.

"I think I have some experience, and it should be useful." Angela forced a smile, then walked to the established position, waiting to start shooting.

"43 scenes and 22 scenes, start shooting!" The recorder knocked on the wooden board, and the camera immediately started to rotate.

This scene was in the morning. Sergeant Vincent Hannah was about to go out, and he had a few words with his wife and adopted daughter, and the adopted daughter Lauren couldn't find the hairpin she liked because she was going to meet her father. temper.The first shot is Al and Angela saying hello.

"Hey, Lauren, how are you?" Al had been filming for quite a while, and quickly got into the mood.

"Hi, Vincent." Angela passed by him, glanced at him, and replied indifferently.

"Cut!" Old man Man's voice sounded, but this time he did not shake his head, but said loudly: "Angela, I need you to be less indifferent and more impatient."

Obviously, the previous practice was not in vain, which somewhat encouraged Angela to cheer up and start again.The performance was still not going well, and this shot was NGed 3 times in a row, but obviously, it was much better than the first time.

Finally, in the fourth shot, when the girl glanced at Al, the complex expression of indifference, impatience and longing flashed away, and finally passed this shot.

"Very good, very good, that's it!" Michael Mann took the lead in applauding, with a smile that didn't seem fake, "I think I finally saw the strength of the best supporting actress in the Oscar."

"Actually, Mr. Michael, I very much doubt that when this movie is released, I will take home the Worst Supporting Actress!" Angela sighed, rubbing her temples vigorously with both hands.

"Okay, my dear, if you continue to knead, time will turn back," the old man said with a smile, and after the girl looked at him, he said seriously: "You really did a good job, Angela, everyone here can witness this A bit. To be honest, if I had to say anything, it was okay on the 2nd take, but you surprised me, Angela, your performance has been better than the first, just now should be your highest level of performance! "

"Thank you for your compliment, I will keep it." Angela squeezed out a smile, the corners of her eyes twitched imperceptibly, the damn old man and Ben didn't know how much the performance of these few shots had caused her to suffer, She had to work hard to adjust her emotions after the NG, digging out and kneading something in. This is not flour, just sprinkle water to make steamed buns!

The girl is very fortunate that she has solved such problems as "who am I" a long time ago, otherwise it would be hard to say what she would be like today.

The shooting continued. Although the first scene has passed, she can roughly grasp the relevant emotions, but each shot still needs to be repeated several times before it can be passed. Old man Man seems to want to shoot her scenes very much. To the extreme, it made Angela almost crazy, but she still had to grit her teeth and persist, she couldn't quit halfway through.

"The next is 44 scenes and 11 scenes. After finishing this shot, we can call it a day!" The whole day, only this sentence is the most beautiful, but if you think about it, you must repeat it several times, and everyone will feel unlucky.

You can't always let the old man take the initiative, you have to find a way!Thinking this way, the girl came to the designated location.It would be nice to be able to play freely like Al, if I have the strength in my head.

Snapped!The plank fell, and after two seconds of silence, Al walked up to Angela: "Hey, dear, how about it, tell me where you are going and what you are going to do, and I will give it to you, okay?"

"I don't think you need to know where I'm going or what I'm doing, Vincent! As I said, I will pay you back. You just need to answer, yes or no." The girl looked at him angrily.

After thinking for two seconds, Al raised his hand: "Okay, okay, I hope you can do what you say!" Then he took out 20 dollars from his wallet, which he should have handed directly to her, Then I said the next line: I hope you remember your words, two weeks!

However, when Al took it out and handed it over, he raised it upwards. This is normal. No one requires actors to follow the script meticulously. This is a small performance. Angela also cooperated very well in such situations before. , but this time—

"I hope you remember..." Before Al finished speaking, Angela suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the dollar, and put it impatiently into the pocket of her jacket.

Al was startled, frowned and said, "That's not polite, Lauren."

"If you are willing to chatter less, I will consider being more polite to you." Angela replied unceremoniously, walking out while talking.

"Damn it, I'm doing this for your own good! Well, where are you going!" Al followed closely behind her.

"Maybe you can mobilize manpower to monitor me 24 hours a day, and then you can know everything you want to know." The girl turned her hands away and said, spreading her hands irritably.

"Good, this shot is very good!" Michael Man applauded again, and after clapping a few times, he found that no one responded to him, and all eyes were on him, including Al and Angela who had stopped.

The old man thought about it in surprise, and then smiled in relief: "I have already said, this shot is very good, I like that sentence, maybe you can mobilize people to monitor me 24 hours a day, and then you can know what you want to know It's all over, it's fitting, so—over!"

Enthusiastic applause suddenly rang out, and Angela, the instigator, was relieved. The free play just now was purely a whim, but fortunately, she played it well. After all, she still put a lot of effort into the script. Labor In the end, after Hannah and his wife separated, the character Lun deliberately ran to the place where he lived to commit suicide, and her biological father ignored her, so she obviously yearned for fatherly love, so she added the sentence "maybe You can mobilize people to monitor me continuously for 2 hours, and then you can know everything you want to know", which is used to reflect the resentment and grievance of the character, and Michael Mann obviously recognized the role of this sentence, so This shot is one pass, but...

Hell, there is another day tomorrow, if I continue to shoot like this, what will I become?Angela thought with a wry smile in her stomach.